Imanol Erviti Ollo of Spain has won stage 10 of the Vuelta a EspaÃ±a while compatriot JoaquÃ­n RodrÃ­guez has taken the overall lead.The Katushaâ€™s Team-member Rodriguez, celebrated the race entering his native Catalonia by taking the race leaderâ€™s red jersey.

Igor AntÃ³n (Euskaltel-Euskadi) surged back into the overall lead in Wednesdayâ€™s climbing stage into Andorra just a day after losing it on time bonuses.

2010 Vuelta a Espana, stage 11: Igor Anton fights his way to a stage win and back into the lead.This time, the Basque climber left no doubt that he could be the man to beat as the Vuelta a EspaÃ±a, taking his second stage victory and recapturing the lead with an impressive showing up the final ramps of the 208.4km 11th stage in the Vueltaâ€™s first mountaintop finish.

AntÃ³n gapped overnight leader Joaquim RodrÃ­guez (Katusha) with 3km to go in the final, 10km climb to the Valnord/Pal summit and then edged past dogged veteran Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo-Galicia) to win. AntÃ³n won three seconds ahead of Mosquera and took a 45-second lead on Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) in the overall.

brentono wrote:Yauheni Hutarovich who comes rocketing out of Sebastian Chavanelâ€™s slipstream to pip Cav on the line.

have been watching the race on eurosport in turkey...interesting to see cav get out-sprinted on at least 3 occasions

Yes, interesting, and a couple of stage wins, mostly from the efforts of Mattew Goss (which Cav acknowledges)and the realisation, that "one sprint wonders" at the end of stages, may not cut it The Vuelta (as Le Tour) he willbe required to contest Intermediate Sprints, to stay in the Green, and be wearing it in Madrid.

Lone Rider- I rode on the long, dark road... before I danced under the lights.

A pretty sad finish to the Vuelta for Igor Anton forced to withdraw near PeÃ±a Cabarga,leading so well, and looking good for Madrid. No excuses, though, in his rundown after the stage, and a great Champion. "He might need surgery in his elbow"

Initially it appeared that Antonâ€™s fall might have been due to his touching the wheel of Euskaltel-Euskadi colleague Egoi Martinez, who also crashed heavily and was taken away in an ambulance with a suspected broken collarbone, but the 27-year-old admitted afterwards, â€œI crashed alone.â€

He continued: â€œI thought I had hit a hole or an obstacle, my hands went off the handlebars. I stood up, I saw blood all over the place but I didnâ€™t know where I was or what was going on. Instinctively I tried to go back on my bike and I realised my right elbow couldnâ€™t bend. Our team doctor came straight away. He touched my arm and said: forget about it, itâ€™s broken.â€

Anton, who rather than burying his head in his hands as he sat in the team car minutes after his crash instead managed to smile and give a thumbs-up to the TV cameras, perhaps a signal to his family and fans that all things considered he wasn't too badly hurt, added: â€œIâ€™ll keep from these fourteen days at the Vuelta the memory of my happiness, Iâ€™ve lived a dream.â€

Lone Rider- I rode on the long, dark road... before I danced under the lights.

15th Stage 187.3KmThe 15th stage of the Vuelta is contested between Solares and the top of the uphill slope towards Lagos de Covadonga. It is therefore one of the most important stages of the whole Vuelta of 2010.

Woot! My friend from my local village in Slovakia, Peter Vetlis, won the TT Stage 17. I won't bore you with all the fanboi photos but I'm stoked!He had a bit of extra luck with the wind change but it was a fair win, specially considering his good performance in the race so far.

Manios, headlines are "...Velits in dreamland..." and a great boost to him.

Velits, meanwhile, whose twin brother Martin is also riding for HTC-Columbia in the race, could hardly believe his victory afterwards: â€œThis is my first time trial victory,â€ he revealed.

â€œItâ€™s unbelievable that it happens at the Tour of Spain. I canâ€™t describe it. To beat Cancellara who is the absolute top TT rider makes it even more of a surprise. On the way out, I didnâ€™t give 100% but on the way back, I put the hammer down. I saw Danielson in front of me. He was coming closer and closer. It was such a big motivation.â€

Lone Rider- I rode on the long, dark road... before I danced under the lights.

Here are a couple of cyclists, notice the doofus on the left 3rd overall. His best major tour performance. (He won the U23 worlds a few years back).Dropping his washing at mums and coming straight down here for the worlds.

But seriously. I know what you are getting at though don't think these photos are easy to compare - different lighting and body position / posture - you could argue that the strong (outdoor) sunlight simply brings too much contrast whereas in the indoor shot - the light is very dispersed with fewer shadows.

Yes, maybe not the best, specially considering he's quite thin already, but riding with him a few weeks before the race and seeing all the shots after he looks like he's lost a hell of a lot of weight.

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